06-10-2017, 12:10 PM
Yes, The original mounting point is shown, I did at first make a small platform to mount the wedge level with the starter motor but this put the brake rod to far out of alignment. I removed the original engine mounting pins and used the bolt hole to bolt down the fabricated mounts with an additional bolt at the other end. You will find the fabricated mounts have to be different sizes to get the engine to sit central between the rails, it is advisable to make the mounts slotted as this allows a bit of wiggle room with the rubber mounts that are all standard Reliant items.
If you are going to use the original handbrake set up it will have to be moved back as it now fouls the gearbox, this I did by making a copy of the moving parts of the handbrake mechanism or you could use a cut down handbrake, bolting it in its original position and then make a reinforcing plate and bolting the original handbrake to that mounted further back along the channel and joined by an adjustable linkage. Another problem I had was the length of the clutch cable, I fabricated a pedal box but to get the pedal to sit in the right position I had make a tube that that fitted onto the cable hole on the plate at the gearbox end and the cable outer fits in the other end of the tube by shortening the tube I can adjust where the pedal will eventually end up when the seating is sorted out. Another couple of little jobs to sort out are the exhaust down pipe, this will have to be fabricated so as to clear the chassis rail and the prop shaft shortened and balanced. I will take some photos for you over the weekend.
If you are going to use the original handbrake set up it will have to be moved back as it now fouls the gearbox, this I did by making a copy of the moving parts of the handbrake mechanism or you could use a cut down handbrake, bolting it in its original position and then make a reinforcing plate and bolting the original handbrake to that mounted further back along the channel and joined by an adjustable linkage. Another problem I had was the length of the clutch cable, I fabricated a pedal box but to get the pedal to sit in the right position I had make a tube that that fitted onto the cable hole on the plate at the gearbox end and the cable outer fits in the other end of the tube by shortening the tube I can adjust where the pedal will eventually end up when the seating is sorted out. Another couple of little jobs to sort out are the exhaust down pipe, this will have to be fabricated so as to clear the chassis rail and the prop shaft shortened and balanced. I will take some photos for you over the weekend.